River
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This film was done by the same group who did the marvelous Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes that played at Fantastic Fest two…
The Fantastic Golem Affairs
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | As promised by the trailer, an absurd comedy. And it made me laugh out loud a couple of times. But many of those…
Divinity
| F | Fantastic Fest 2023 | On the plus side, Scott Bakula played a supporting role. On the minus side, everything else. This was the most self-indulgent crap I've…
Between Before
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | A disappointing ending to the festival. I just couldn’t buy into everything that was going on. I was fine with the science fiction…
Backwards Faces
| B | Other Worlds 2022 | A clever film, examining the human impact of the “many worlds” quantum theory (where all possible outcomes have happened in one parallel universe…
Echelon
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | Kudos to this pair who wrote, directed, started in, ran cameras for, did post-production of—pretty much everything for this movie—during COVID. And they…
Polaris
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | Beautifully filmed. Intriguing approach to dialog (all made up language for this post-apocalyptic future). Nice use of the polar bear. And another kid…
The Tomorrow Job
| B- | Other Worlds 2022 | An interesting mix of time travel and heist movies. The script was very complex but the filmmakers did a good job of keeping…
The Antares Paradox
| C- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | God damn it… This was such a mixed movie. I hardly know how to grade it. I liked the main character (Alexandra) a…
The Visitor From The Future
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Very funny! And also a good time travel movie! In the first five minutes you’re given a good indication of what you’ve signed…